The Owner-built Log House: Living in Harmony with Your Environment - Softcover

The homes shown are beautiful, with a great deal of exposed joinery; Mackie's step-by-step instructions and excellent illustrations show how everything is done.--Library Journal (12/01/2001) Mackie is recognized around the world as one of the foremost log home builders ... this is your textbook. One of a '10 Essential Books for Every Log Home Owner' in their 10th Anniversary Issue.-- (01/01/2002) Allan Mackie, who has been building log homes with his own hands for decades, offers a literary gift to those who entertain the idea of building [a log cabin] the old-fashioned way.... The prose is as clear as Yosemite's sky at dawn, and illustrations and photos provide plenty of guidance when you're up to your elbows in timber. Mackie doesn't mince words, and he doesn't glorify the process -- but he does impart the satisfaction of building something extraordinary.-- (04/01/2008) This book is nirvana for anyone who wants to learn how to build a log house step by step and knows this information has come from decades of hands-on experience. This book is nirvana for anyone who wants to learn how to build a log house step by step and knows this information has come from decades of hands-on experience.-- (05/01/2009) These two books are going to be nirvana for anyone who wants to learn how to build one step by step and knows this information has come from decades of hands-on practice.--Owner Builder (05/01/2009)

Allan Mackie believes - and demonstrates - that attitude is at least as important as carpentry skills. Given a will to learn and a desire to make something of one's own, the average person is more capable of building a log house that will serve an individual or family for years to come. This illustarted text takes the reader step-by-step through the building process - the selection of land, the purchase and preparation of the logs, the sharpening of tools and the cutting, lifting and fitting of logs, and all the other steps involved in building a log house.